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After Months of learning from easykobo.com, a financial website that initiated what we all felt a Nigeria firm wont be able to initiate or handle, winners has emerged and i say congratulatons not only to the winner but the entire participant... Sadly but encouraging i emerged as the first runner up so i have decided to blog this.....

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'1himself' is 1st runner up with 'Buy & sell" strategy for Nigerian stocks       

Dec 30 (Lagos) - Its 2 weeks since the conclusion first season of the 1st free Stock Trials of Nigerian Stock Exchange listed stocks. Its also time to reveal the portfolios of the top 3 investors. These individuals used their investment quotient to earn the highest Return on Investment (ROI) over the past 6 month period.

Everyone started with 50 million practice account. Player with Easykobo user name of "1himself" wins the 2nd place cash prize with a Return on Investment of 90.3% over the past 6 months from investing in Nigerian stocks.

Such a return is an eye opener for any investors out there. The strategy deployed by 1himself is more frequest "buy" & "sell" order strategy to lock in gains when they occur and then invest in a different stock with better valuations. Lets take a look at the portfolio and transactions of '1himself'.

Such a strategy is also widely used in Nigerian stocks and also worldwide when we see profit taking at various intervals. Its key to know when to sell your stock once you are satisfied with the gains.

Such practical learning is brought to you courtsey easykobo.com financial website. This player made big gains on CUTIX, DNMEYER, DIAMONDBNK, AIICO, UBA, HONYFLOUR. This player is most likely a seasoned investor who knows how to pick stocks based on valuations and also knows when to get out a stock at the right moment. Lets take a look at his activity of buys and sells during the first season of the stock trials.

Stock	Type	OrderDate	Executed Date	Qty Ordered	Qty Executed	Ordered Price	Executed Price	Total
GLAXOSMITH	BUY	29-11-12 12:52	29-11-12 15:35	110,000	110,000	43.4	45	4,950,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	26-11-12 14:19	26-11-12 15:47	180,000,000	180,000,000	0.52	0.5	90,000,000.00
ETERNA	BUY	19-11-12 13:30	19-11-12 15:42	12,000,000	12,000,000	1.74	1.75	21,000,000.00
ETERNA	BUY	12-11-12 14:16	12-11-12 15:34	12,000,000	12,000,000	1.86	1.93	23,160,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	09-11-12 13:31	09-11-12 15:42	25,000,000	25,000,000	0.51	0.53	13,250,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	07-11-12 14:21	07-11-12 17:35	25,000,000	25,000,000	0.55	0.53	13,250,000.00
WAPIC	BUY	06-11-12 13:57	06-11-12 15:46	100,000,000	100,000,000	0.52	0.54	54,000,000.00
CUTIX	BUY	01-11-12 14:27	01-11-12 19:02	15,000,000	15,000,000	1.78	1.78	26,700,000.00
STERLNBANK	BUY	30-10-12 13:23	30-10-12 17:10	3,000,000	3,000,000	1.67	1.7	5,100,000.00
STERLNBANK	BUY	30-10-12 13:23	30-10-12 17:10	3,000,000	3,000,000	1.67	1.7	5,100,000.00
STERLNBANK	BUY	30-10-12 13:23	30-10-12 17:10	3,000,000	3,000,000	1.67	1.7	5,100,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	29-10-12 14:26	29-10-12 18:08	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.65	0.68	6,800,000.00
CUTIX	BUY	29-10-12 14:20	29-10-12 18:08	18,000,000	18,000,000	1.55	1.62	29,160,000.00
AIICO	BUY	23-10-12 14:23	23-10-12 16:44	2,000,000	2,000,000	0.66	0.6	1,200,000.00
AIICO	BUY	23-10-12 14:23	23-10-12 16:44	1,800,000	1,800,000	0.66	0.6	1,080,000.00
NEM	BUY	22-10-12 14:16	22-10-12 19:32	20,000,000	20,000,000	0.52	0.51	10,200,000.00
ROYALEX	BUY	22-10-12 13:53	22-10-12 19:32	32,000,000	32,000,000	0.51	0.5	16,000,000.00
JAPAULOIL	BUY	19-10-12 13:48	19-10-12 15:55	15,000,000	15,000,000	0.6	0.6	9,000,000.00
WEMABANK	BUY	19-10-12 13:45	19-10-12 15:55	32,000,000	32,000,000	0.6	0.57	18,240,000.00
JAPAULOIL	BUY	17-10-12 14:11	17-10-12 16:55	8,000,000	8,000,000	0.58	0.6	4,800,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	10/17/2012 2:09:35 PM	10/17/2012 4:55:18 PM	16,500,000	16,500,000	0.58	0.59	9,735,000.00
FCMB	BUY	10/17/2012 1:44:20 PM	10/17/2012 4:55:18 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	3.26	3.5	5,250,000.00
AIICO	BUY	10/17/2012 1:42:19 PM	10/17/2012 4:55:18 PM	14,500,000	14,500,000	0.65	0.71	10,295,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	10/17/2012 1:31:35 PM	10/17/2012 4:55:18 PM	2,000,000	2,000,000	2.43	2.67	5,340,000.00
UNITYBNK	BUY	10/15/2012 1:53:49 PM	10/15/2012 4:16:27 PM	40,000,000	40,000,000	0.54	0.56	22,400,000.00
WEMABANK	BUY	10/15/2012 1:52:54 PM	10/15/2012 4:16:27 PM	45,000,000	45,000,000	0.52	0.54	24,300,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	10-12-12 14:18	10-12-12 15:23	5,000,000	5,000,000	1.83	2.01	10,050,000.00
NEM	BUY	10-11-12 12:15	10-11-12 16:11	2,000,000	2,000,000	0.54	0.56	1,120,000.00
SKYEBANK	BUY	10-11-12 12:12	10-11-12 16:11	2,500,000	2,500,000	3.68	3.86	9,650,000.00
DIAMONDBNK	BUY	10-11-12 12:10	10-11-12 16:11	6,000,000	6,000,000	4.47	4.91	29,460,000.00
AIICO	BUY	10-03-12 13:38	10-03-12 15:44	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.55	0.57	5,700,000.00
OANDO	BUY	10-03-12 13:35	10-03-12 15:44	800,000	800,000	12.18	12.78	10,224,000.00
AIICO	BUY	10-03-12 13:34	10-03-12 15:44	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.55	0.57	5,700,000.00
IKEJAHOTEL	BUY	10-02-12 13:55	10-02-12 15:55	13,500,000	13,500,000	1.04	1.07	14,445,000.00
PRESTIGE	BUY	9/28/2012 10:24:09 AM	9/28/2012 6:09:46 PM	580,000	580,000	0.54	0.54	313,200.00
GOLDINSURE	BUY	9/28/2012 10:18:35 AM	9/28/2012 6:09:46 PM	600,000	600,000	0.52	0.5	300,000.00
TRANSCORP	BUY	9/27/2012 10:56:27 AM	9/27/2012 3:53:19 PM	500,000	500,000	1.05	1.1	550,000.00
TRANSCORP	BUY	9/27/2012 10:45:53 AM	9/27/2012 3:53:19 PM	44,000,000	44,000,000	1.05	1.1	48,400,000.00
TRANSCORP	BUY	9/26/2012 1:17:20 PM	9/26/2012 4:02:57 PM	800,000	800,000	1	1.05	840,000.00
DANGFLOUR	BUY	9/26/2012 9:26:40 AM	9/26/2012 4:02:56 PM	1,700,000	1,700,000	8.48	8.65	14,705,000.00
NEM
BUY	9/25/2012 8:56:00 AM	9/25/2012 3:12:08 PM	920,000	920,000	0.54	0.52	478,400.00
UTC	BUY	9/24/2012 8:50:32 AM	9/24/2012 3:41:27 PM	1,000,000	1,000,000	0.67	0.67	670,000.00
UTC	BUY	9/24/2012 8:48:26 AM	9/24/2012 3:41:27 PM	17,300,000	17,300,000	0.67	0.67	11,591,000.00
AIICO	BUY	9/21/2012 6:40:15 AM	9/21/2012 4:42:07 PM	1,000,000	1,000,000	0.58	0.6	600,000.00
AIICO	BUY	9/21/2012 6:39:47 AM	9/21/2012 4:42:07 PM	1,000,000	1,000,000	0.58	0.6	600,000.00
AIICO	BUY	9/21/2012 6:37:07 AM	9/21/2012 4:42:07 PM	40,000,000	40,000,000	0.58	0.6	24,000,000.00
INTBREW	BUY	9/20/2012 7:35:24 AM	9/20/2012 4:09:24 PM	440,000	440,000	16.69	15.03	6,613,200.00
AIICO	BUY	9/20/2012 7:32:24 AM	9/20/2012 4:09:24 PM	14,500,000	14,500,000	0.56	0.58	8,410,000.00
UTC	BUY	9/19/2012 6:44:10 AM	9/19/2012 4:29:31 PM	16,600,000	16,600,000	0.61	0.61	10,126,000.00
UTC	BUY	9/18/2012 6:01:31 AM	9/18/2012 4:53:39 PM	150,000	150,000	0.59	0.61	91,500.00
UTC	BUY	9/18/2012 5:59:18 AM	9/18/2012 4:53:39 PM	4,000,000	4,000,000	0.59	0.61	2,440,000.00
INTBREW	BUY	9/18/2012 5:56:48 AM	9/18/2012 4:53:39 PM	165,000	165,000	14.28	15.7	2,590,500.00
FCMB	BUY	9/17/2012 6:22:29 AM	9/17/2012 7:54:28 PM	1,200,000	1,200,000	2.9	2.9	3,480,000.00
UTC	BUY	9/14/2012 8:03:58 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	2,700,000	2,700,000	0.55	0.57	1,539,000.00
JAPAULOIL	BUY	9/14/2012 7:18:37 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	2,000,000	2,000,000	0.58	0.6	1,200,000.00
OANDO	BUY	9/14/2012 7:17:36 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	75,000	75,000	13.46	13.41	1,005,750.00
UTC	BUY	9/14/2012 7:16:46 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	10,500,000	10,500,000	0.55	0.57	5,985,000.00
ETERNA	BUY	9/13/2012 7:30:21 AM	9/13/2012 4:46:41 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	2.15	2.24	3,360,000.00
UBA	BUY	09-12-12 6:33	09-12-12 16:06	1,500,000	1,500,000	4.2	4.41	6,615,000.00
OANDO	BUY	09-12-12 6:30	09-12-12 16:06	350,000	350,000	13.37	13.49	4,721,500.00
IKEJAHOTEL	BUY	09-12-12 6:29	09-12-12 16:06	2,000,000	2,000,000	1.12	1.17	2,340,000.00
IKEJAHOTEL	BUY	09-07-12 9:33	09-07-12 15:50	2,000,000	2,000,000	1.1	1.15	2,300,000.00
NESTLE	BUY	09-06-12 9:49	09-06-12 18:00	18,000	18,000	550	550	9,900,000.00
OANDO	BUY	09-06-12 9:44	09-06-12 18:00	730,000	730,000	13.7	13.74	10,030,200.00
CADBURY	BUY	09-06-12 9:42	09-06-12 18:00	120,000	120,000	20.65	21.68	2,601,600.00
INTBREW	BUY	09-06-12 9:27	09-06-12 18:00	500,000	500,000	9.7	10.18	5,090,000.00
HONYFLOUR	BUY	09-06-12 9:25	09-06-12 18:00	6,000,000	6,000,000	1.85	1.94	11,640,000.00
BAGCO	BUY	09-06-12 9:22	09-06-12 18:00	1,200,000	1,200,000	1.64	1.72	2,064,000.00
NPFMCRFBK	BUY	09-05-12 8:18	09-05-12 15:44	130,000	130,000	1.1	1.1	143,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	09-04-12 8:23	09-04-12 16:13	1,000,000	1,000,000	0.85	0.85	850,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	09-04-12 8:22	09-04-12 16:13	2,220,000	2,220,000	0.85	0.85	1,887,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	09-04-12 8:20	09-04-12 16:13	37,000,000	37,000,000	0.85	0.85	31,450,000.00
GOLDINSURE	BUY	09-03-12 9:24	09-03-12 15:47	20,000,000	20,000,000	0.5	0.51	10,200,000.00
SKYEBANK	BUY	8/27/2012 8:33:35 AM	8/27/2012 4:10:08 PM	4,500	4,500	2.65	2.7	12,150.00
SKYEBANK	BUY	8/24/2012 9:55:27 AM	8/24/2012 3:42:39 PM	201,000	201,000	2.65	2.65	532,650.00
DNMEYER	BUY	8/23/2012 9:29:30 AM	8/23/2012 7:13:55 PM	500,000	500,000	0.6	0.63	315,000.00
DNMEYER	BUY	8/23/2012 9:27:16 AM	8/23/2012 7:13:54 PM	78,000,000	78,000,000	0.6	0.63	49,140,000.00

The follwing are his sell orders over the past 6 months. As you can see, '1himself' is probably an experienced investor who is not shy of offloading his stocks to lock in the gains and also suffer the occasional losses as long as he can transfer the monty into another stock investment.

This portfolio is a perfect advertisement for Nigerian stock investing environment.

Stock	Type	OrderDate	ExecutedDate	QtyOrdered	QtyExecuted	OrderedPrice	ExecutedPrice	Total
UNITYBNK	SELL	12/14/2012 1:19:25 PM	12/14/2012 3:56:59 PM	80,000,000	80,000,000	0.5	0.5	40,000,000.00
GLAXOSMITH	SELL	12/14/2012 1:18:48 PM	12/14/2012 3:56:59 PM	110,000	110,000	44.99	45	4,950,000.00
UNITYBNK	SELL	11/30/2012 2:11:38 PM	11/30/2012 3:39:42 PM	100,000,000	100,000,000	0.5	0.5	50,000,000.00
ETERNA	SELL	11/21/2012 1:52:01 PM	11/21/2012 3:38:18 PM	12,000,000	12,000,000	1.67	1.6	19,200,000.00
ETERNA	SELL	11/14/2012 1:54:30 PM	11/14/2012 5:46:28 PM	12,000,000	12,000,000	1.93	1.84	22,080,000.00
UNITYBNK	SELL	11/14/2012 1:48:22 PM	11/14/2012 5:46:28 PM	50,000,000	50,000,000	0.53	0.51	25,500,000.00
NEM	SELL	11/14/2012 1:46:59 PM	11/14/2012 5:46:28 PM	20,000,000	20,000,000	0.51	0.5	10,000,000.00
CUTIX	SELL	11/14/2012 1:45:12 PM	11/14/2012 5:46:28 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	1.54	1.59	2,385,000.00
AIICO	SELL	11/14/2012 1:40:00 PM	11/14/2012 5:46:28 PM	18,300,000	18,300,000	0.61	0.58	10,614,000.00
WAPIC	SELL	11/13/2012 1:21:42 PM	11/13/2012 6:46:22 PM	100,000,000	100,000,000	0.54	0.52	52,000,000.00
CUTIX	SELL	11-05-12 13:59	11-05-12 15:56	1,500,000	1,500,000	1.78	2.23	3,345,000.00
CUTIX	SELL	11-05-12 13:58	11-05-12 15:56	30,000,000	30,000,000	1.78	2.23	66,900,000.00
STERLNBANK	SELL	10/31/2012 1:25:04 PM	10/31/2012 4:16:52 PM	9,000,000	9,000,000	1.7	1.65	14,850,000.00
UNITYBNK	SELL	10/31/2012 1:22:34 PM	10/31/2012 4:16:52 PM	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.67	0.64	6,400,000.00
WEMABANK	SELL	10/30/2012 1:24:48 PM	10/30/2012 5:10:16 PM	77,000,000	77,000,000	0.62	0.6	46,200,000.00
ROYALEX	SELL	10/29/2012 2:24:22 PM	10/29/2012 6:08:54 PM	12,000,000	12,000,000	0.5	0.5	6,000,000.00
JAPAULOIL	SELL	10/24/2012 1:58:18 PM	10/24/2012 6:12:35 PM	23,000,000	23,000,000	0.6	0.58	13,340,000.00
ROYALEX	SELL	10/24/2012 1:57:28 PM	10/24/2012 6:12:35 PM	20,000,000	20,000,000	0.5	0.5	10,000,000.00
FCMB	SELL	10/24/2012 1:56:13 PM	10/24/2012 6:12:35 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	3.43	3.42	5,130,000.00
UNITYBNK	SELL	10/22/2012 2:10:00 PM	10/22/2012 7:32:43 PM	16,500,000	16,500,000	0.62	0.61	10,065,000.00

DNMEYER	SELL	10/19/2012 1:49:37 PM	10/19/2012 3:55:40 PM	2,000,000	2,000,000	2.67	2.93	5,860,000.00
UNITYBNK	SELL	10/17/2012 1:35:50 PM	10/17/2012 4:55:18 PM	40,000,000	40,000,000	0.58	0.59	23,600,000.00
GOLDINSURE	SELL	10/16/2012 1:53:44 PM	10/16/2012 4:58:01 PM	600,000	600,000	0.5	0.5	300,000.00
DNMEYER	SELL	10/16/2012 1:49:57 PM	10/16/2012 4:58:01 PM	5,000,000	5,000,000	2.21	2.43	12,150,000.00
NEM	SELL	10/16/2012 1:44:36 PM	10/16/2012 4:58:01 PM	2,920,000	2,920,000	0.55	0.53	1,547,600.00
IKEJAHOTEL	SELL	10/16/2012 1:43:34 PM	10/16/2012 4:58:01 PM	9,500,000	9,500,000	1.14	1.14	10,830,000.00
SKYEBANK	SELL	10/16/2012 1:39:46 PM	10/16/2012 4:58:01 PM	2,500,000	2,500,000	4.25	4.1	10,250,000.00
DIAMONDBNK	SELL	10-12-12 13:59	10-12-12 15:23	6,000,000	6,000,000	4.91	4.79	28,740,000.00
IKEJAHOTEL	SELL	10-11-12 14:20	10-11-12 16:11	8,000,000	8,000,000	1.08	1.13	9,040,000.00
AIICO	SELL	10-11-12 14:16	10-11-12 16:11	20,000,000	20,000,000	0.83	0.8	16,000,000.00
OANDO	SELL	10-05-12 14:13	10-05-12 16:04	800,000	800,000	13.41	12.74	10,192,000.00
TRANSCORP	SELL	10-04-12 14:20	10-04-12 16:33	22,300,000	22,300,000	1.26	1.21	26,983,000.00
PRESTIGE	SELL	10-02-12 13:53	10-02-12 15:55	580,000	580,000	0.54	0.54	313,200.00
TRANSCORP	SELL	10-02-12 13:51	10-02-12 15:55	23,000,000	23,000,000	1.15	1.2	27,600,000.00
DANGFLOUR	SELL	9/28/2012 1:56:12 PM	9/28/2012 6:09:46 PM	1,700,000	1,700,000	8.45	8.55	14,535,000.00
AIICO	SELL	9/26/2012 1:30:40 PM	9/26/2012 4:02:56 PM	56,500,000	56,500,000	0.66	0.63	35,595,000.00
UTC	SELL	9/26/2012 1:21:15 PM	9/26/2012 4:02:56 PM	18,300,000	18,300,000	0.73	0.76	13,908,000.00
OANDO	SELL	9/25/2012 9:21:55 AM	9/25/2012 3:12:07 PM	1,155,000	1,155,000	13.6	13.52	15,615,600.00
JAPAULOIL	SELL	9/21/2012 6:44:45 AM	9/21/2012 4:42:07 PM	2,000,000	2,000,000	0.64	0.63	1,260,000.00
INTBREW	SELL	9/21/2012 6:43:18 AM	9/21/2012 4:42:07 PM	730,000	730,000	15.03	13.91	10,154,300.00
UTC	SELL	9/20/2012 8:46:42 AM	9/20/2012 4:09:24 PM	33,950,000	33,950,000	0.61	0.64	21,728,000.00
FCMB	SELL	9/20/2012 7:36:47 AM	9/20/2012 4:09:24 PM	1,200,000	1,200,000	3.17	3.07	3,684,000.00
NESTLE	SELL	9/19/2012 6:47:01 AM	9/19/2012 4:29:31 PM	9,000	9,000	604	604	5,436,000.00
UBA	SELL	9/19/2012 6:45:59 AM	9/19/2012 4:29:31 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	4.6	4.53	6,795,000.00
ETERNA	SELL	9/19/2012 6:45:29 AM	9/19/2012 4:29:31 PM	1,500,000	1,500,000	2.4	2.4	3,600,000.00
NESTLE	SELL	9/18/2012 6:08:36 AM	9/18/2012 4:53:39 PM	9,000	9,000	577.5	604	5,436,000.00
GOLDINSURE	SELL	9/18/2012 6:06:31 AM	9/18/2012 4:53:39 PM	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.5	0.5	5,000,000.00
GOLDINSURE	SELL	9/17/2012 6:23:25 AM	9/17/2012 7:54:28 PM	10,000,000	10,000,000	0.5	0.5	5,000,000.00
INTBREW	SELL	9/14/2012 9:49:45 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	125,000	125,000	12.96	13.6	1,700,000.00
BAGCO	SELL	9/14/2012 8:04:52 AM	9/14/2012 4:32:38 PM	600,000	600,000	1.98	1.89	1,134,000.00
BAGCO	SELL	09-11-12 8:12	09-11-12 15:59	600,000	600,000	1.89	1.98	1,188,000.00
HONYFLOUR	SELL	09-11-12 8:11	09-11-12 15:59	6,000,000	6,000,000	2	1.95	11,700,000.00
INTBREW	SELL	09-11-12 7:50	09-11-12 15:59	250,000	250,000	11.21	11.77	2,942,500.00
CADBURY	SELL	09-11-12 7:47	09-11-12 15:59	120,000	120,000	20.9	19.86	2,383,200.00
NPFMCRFBK	SELL	09-07-12 9:35	09-07-12 15:50	130,000	130,000	1.1	1.1	143,000.00
SKYEBANK	SELL	09-07-12 9:34	09-07-12 15:50	205,500	205,500	2.95	2.94	604,170.00
DNMEYER	SELL	09-05-12 8:16	09-05-12 15:44	64,470,000	64,470,000	0.85	0.81	52,220,700.00
DNMEYER	SELL	09-03-12 8:36	09-03-12 15:47	15,000,000	15,000,000	0.81	0.85	12,750,000.00
DNMEYER	SELL	8/31/2012 9:20:00 AM	8/31/2012 4:36:29 PM	39,250,000	39,250,000	0.78	0.81	31,792,500.00

Congratulations for '1himself' for winning the 2nd prize. Any investment bank in Nigeria will find this portfolio very interesting because of amout of trades and efficiency of the player.

UNIVERSITY PRESS.......Maintaining the TRENDS

UNIVERSITY PRESS…. Maintaining the Trend

Though I only have countable years of participation as an investor in the NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE, if I am however told to list few income stocks in the market, UNIVERSITY PRESS will no doubt be among… It simply a stock that gives a year in year out euphoria, it’s actually not a giant company but no doubt its one to reckon with among not only its peers but also its industry at large. I personally feel this company has passed all tenets any investor will want to consider before staking his hard earned money in the market, be it Business, Finance, Management or even Market Tenets

Reminiscing when I began investment in my University days, University Press has always been part of my portfolio, I remember its 2009 year end cooperate action was smashing, a whooping .40k dividend coupled with 1-5 to wash it down! It was awesome, especially for me as a beginner then… 2010 sees the dividend dipped a little bit but it still gladdens the heart and I was anxiously waiting for 2011 bounty and as anticipated it landed. 0.35k representing an 8% divyield at this dire moments, its however painful that I will not be getting the dividend I have never missed this year, I actually tried to play a smart one on the market by selling all my holdings some months back in which I bought FCMB with the proceeds, when I later sold FCMB after about 50% capital appreciation I sought after my UNIVERSITY PRESS back, I must confess it was an onerous task but thank God for my stockbroker whom I know is the BEST in the world, she told me point blank on how scarce it was then but fortunately an inhouse member wanted to sell of his or her few holding an all she will do is just a transfer from the person to me, I was excited as I got a few units @N3.3 but as the Oliver twist that I am when it comes to buying stocks, I was so desperate for more and I had to increase my price boundary to N3.5 but I got none. I gave up at that point as I will not want to go beyond N3.5 limit.

                When the result was the announced, I had mixed feelings, but in all I made a tough decision to sell off the little holding as the dividend income value amount to nothing to be waiting for, putting into consideration the 10% withholding tax that will also be deducted from it without forgetting the effect of marking down the dividend from the stock price later and above all 25% capital appreciation on the little amount should serve as a solace. Did I say solace?

                To my fellow holders I say ENJOY YOUR LOOT…

                                                                                                                HAPPY INVESTING

SKYE BANK…LOW OUTSTANDING SHARES YET LOW EARNINGS PER SHARE.

SKYE BANK…LOW OUTSTANDING SHARES YET LOW EARNINGS PER SHARE.

No doubt about the Nigerian banks been the movers and shakers of the entire Nigerian Stock Market, one can even hasty generalized that the Nigerian Stock Market is all about the bank. There is however one worrisome trend across the sector and such lies in their EXCESSIVE or OVER-BLOATED OUTSTANDING SHARES  this can be majorly attributed to their almost year in year out bonus issues, though the banks are now gearing towards matching both their top-line and bottom-line with the excessive shares except for Unity bank which has seen earnings in terms of top and bottom line plummets thereby making its EPS worthless as it recapitalized and added another excess shares to the already existing excess shares.

Refraining from committing an all for one fallacy, a bank stands out in terms of its low OUTSTANDING SHARES unlike the others and such is the SKYE, Skye bank has the lowest outstanding shares in the banking sector on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, this can be traced to its non-issuance of bonus as I could not trace and recently or past declared bonus from the company.

BANKS RANKING IN TERMS OF OUTSTANDING SHARES

RANK	BANK	OUTSTANDING SHARES (bill)
1	UNITY	33.675
2	FBN	32.632
3	UBA	32.334
4	ZENITH	31.396
5	GTB	29.413
6	FIDELITY	28.974
7	ACCESS	22.888
8	IBTC	18.750
9	FCMB	18.711
10	UBN	16.935
11	STERLING	15.703
12	DIAMOND	14.475
13	SKYE	13.219

NB-ECOBANK is not included as its position is not yet know due to it issuance of 3.125b to a new investment consortium, WemaBank and UBN are also not included as it they both do not have recent earning report to complete their juxtaposing.

From the tale above, it can be seen that Skye Bank sits at the bottom in terms of outstanding shares. A feat which should give it an edge in its EPS comparability with its peers, the table below shows the ranking in terms of EPS.

RANKING IN TERMS OF EPS(EARNING PER SHARE) base on QUATER1, 2012

RANK	BANK	EPS(K)
1	FBN	75
2	GTB	65
3	ZENITH	61
4	ACCESS	53
5	UBA	42
6	DIAMOND	35
7	SKYE	26
8	FCMB	22
9	IBTC	13
10	FIDELITY	11
11	STERLING	0.8
12	UNITY	0.6

From its position in terms of outstanding share, Skye bank has no business been in the 7^th position in terms of EPS hierarchy, if FCMB has the same OS as Skye, it will even precede Skye Bank in the table above!!! What could then be the reason for Skye not to leverage out an high EPS value from its corresponding low OS? The answer is not farfetched as it lies in its low TOPLINE and BOTTOMLINE, this will therefore lead to a comparison between topline and bottom line of the banks.

Q1,2012 Topline and Bottomline of Nigerian Banks

	FBN	ZEN	UBA	GTB	ACC	DIA	SKYE	FID	FCMB	STRL	IBTC	UNITY
TLINE(Bil)	92.286	72356	53.864	52.615	52.172	30.732	27.839	22.429	19.755	17.716	14.689	12.693
BLINE(Bil)	24.524	19.226	13.778	19.312	12.114	5.097	3.476	3.402	4.092	1.321	2.501	1.960

DEDUCTIONS

                Pre-recent M&A Access, Fcmb and Skye were classified as Tier2 banks but it now seems Access is leaving that region to compete with the Tier1Banks,some analyst will even adjudge it is already a Tier1 bank. Agreed that Access recent acquisition must have aided such feat but I won’t totally agree it form the entire basis for accomplishment as it was not the only bank that took part in the M&A process. It thus implies the management of ACCESS is assiduously putting strategy into place while that of SKYE may be complacent!!!

                Singling out both FCMB and SKYE Bank shows an obvious contraction, SKYE topline is by almost an average higher than FCMB topline yet the latter has an higher bottomline than the former. This unconnected choppy could arise from excessive Management and administrative expenses, high cost of finance, abundant loan provision, surplus provision for depreciation and amortization, etc. Whichever any of such incoherent arises from, it does not speak well about the management.

                Maybe I will one day work in a bank so that I will understand core intricacies, because I tend to be marveled and I ask, what is the likes of FBN,ZENITH,GTB,ACCESS doing that others could not imitate to at least close-up, even by little, the excess gap in their topline? One of Nigeria foremost Finance expert “KNIGHTOFDELTA’’ who has already predicted an increased buoy in the topline and bottomline of the Tier1 banks before they were released links such buoyancy to their involvement of Treasury Bills, that I wish I can comprehend and i am eager to, I will therefore be taking an unrushed look at the entire figures of the Tier1 versus Tier2, comparing their T-bills status and gets to learn about T-bills at large as these should be among the tenets to watch out for when considering buying the banks.……………

To be continued

DISCLAIMER: This write up is neither to dress down Skyebank nor incite the investing public against skyebank shares or the NSE at large, it should be taken as lighter note from the writer, do also note that the writer, 1himself is a graduate of Physics major and does not have any formal Finance knowledge.

A Critical review coupled with questions will also be welcomed.

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